No Country for Old Men

Intense is not the word. I was hiding behind my scarf. It's a fantastic film, absolutely beautiful, but I found the lack of information a bit frustrating by the end. It's very matter-of-fact, and you don't feel you get to know the characters all that well. But then again they don't get to know each other all that well either. Javier Bardem is great in it, really unsettling in a grey area between cold efficiency and total psychopath.
No Country for Old Men

The History Boys

The first quiet weekend for months, time to buy a winter coat, counting the weekends 'til Christmas - it must also be time to start DVD-ing again. The first of this year's Autumn/Winter film fest was The History Boys, adapted directly from the play by Alan Bennet. So needless to say it was great. It was really really great. And isn't the poster lovely? Obviously it's for the play rather than the film (which had a garish lime green, fish-eye lens concoction) but as it's even the same actors I think I can get away with it.